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It's way too easy to take LeBron James' career to date as something bigger than the career arc of a very great basketball player. But look at LeBron James as the main character in a sprawling series of fantasy novels and things look... well, kind of disturbingly not-that-different, actually.

Germany deserved to win the 2014 World Cup. But this was not just a victory for smart soccer and savvy talent development and ultilization, although it was also that. It's also a win for multiculturalism, youth education, the Eurozone economy, and the Spanish olive industry. Let's celebrate.

It's not that LeBron returning to the Cavaliers changes everything -- or even anything -- about Cleveland sports. It's more that, as revealed on a trip to the Indians game on the first night of the second LeBron Era, it feels as if things have changed.

With every World Cup comes the question of whether this one will be the one that makes the U.S. finally fall in love with soccer. An anecdotal survey of bars and fans during Brazil 2014 suggests that this one was indeed different. But maybe it's the question that's the problem.

Everything is different in South Florida. And during the World Cup, this most unusual part of the country is like nowhere else. For a South Floridian watching her first World Cup outside of World Cup World, it makes for one hell of a culture shock.

Everyone knows what skee-ball is, and thousands of people enjoy playing the century-old boardwalk game. But, just as a league called Brewskee-Ball has revived the game's popularity in the United States, the owners of the original trademark have returned with a vengeance to claim what's they believe to be theirs.